Makoto Sakai

Makoto Sakai joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto in 2004. He obtained an LL.B. at the University of Tokyo in 2003, and an LL.M. at Cornell Law School in 2009. He was with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles from 2009 to 2010. He was seconded to the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau from 2011 to 2013 working in the department that handles audits of large businesses.

Mr. Sakai works primarily in the practice areas of wealth management, tax and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He provides advice to both domestic private clients and international private clients. He also handles tax investigations and appeals filed against tax authorities and tax disputes. Making the most of his experience as a former Review Officer (International Examination) at the Large Enterprise Examination Department of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, he takes a pragmatic approach to a wide variety of matters that involve tax issues.

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